Michael,
yes, I can see where it would be less work if I had a Spit tub sitting
here like I do the GT6 tub and Spit pieces.
My challenge is to balance the cost of finding, buying, transporting
(and certainly repairing) a Spit tub against the cost of making the
modifications to the parts already in my garage!
The GT6+ tub and frame, and Spit tail were all free for the taking
only 60 miles from my home! I've haven't even seen round-tail Spit in
Michigan in years, much less one for sale!
Again, if anyone has a round-tail Spit tub they'd like to trade for
the GT6+ tub I've got, let me know.
Thanks for listening!
John Donohoe
'70 GT6+
'70 GT6+ (future Sixfire)
---"Bayrock, Michael" <michael_bayrock@bctransit.com> wrote:
>
> I have to concur with Jim and Barry - there are so many Spit tubs
> available that it doesn't make sense to chop up a GT6 tub to make it
> into a Spit. Further to that, the labour required to swap tubs has to
> be about 5% of the labour needed to do a clean job on the GT6 chop.
>
> I have done the body swap onto a GT6 chassis, and the funny thing I
find
> is that there are times I wish that I had the GT6 tub on again,
> especially during the monsoon season here on the west coast of Canada.
> Maybe I should look for a good GT6 tub and swap tubs as the seasons
> change...
>
> Michael
> 70 & 71 GT6s
> michael_bayrock@bctransit.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: john donohoe [SMTP:gt6driver@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 8:15 AM
> > To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net; spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> > Subject: Spit-6
> >
> > Greetings all...
> >
> > Having finished most of the mechanicals on my raodgoing GT6+, I now
> > must consider the body. When I got the car many years ago, the body
> > was a basket case, but I went ahead and bodged it together...
> >
> > Now I've acquired a cheap, pretty clean GT6+ tub & frame and as I
"go
> > to it" properly, I'm considering the fact that I really always
wanted
> > an open car...
> >
> > The Question: Has anyone ever converted a GT6+ tub into a
Spitfire? I
> > actually have free access to a MKII Spit body rear-end, so I figure
> > I've got the pieces.
> >
> > Thanks for the input,
> > John Donohoe
> > '70 GT6+
> > '70 GT6+ tub/frame (future Spit 6?)
> >
> >
>
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